Socket member.



PATENTED OCT. 23,, 1906.

J. v. WASHBURNE.

SOCKET MEMBER. APPLIOATIQH FILED iIAB. 18, 1903.

' JAMES VLWASHBURNE, or WATEBBURY, CONNECTICUT. j

i SOCKET menses.

member'with a centre openin to receive the ball or head'portion of the stu member has a part comprising an annulus and a series of circularl -disposed resilientarms or sections arrange substantially at right angles to the plane of the annulus. These arms or sections I areofv 2o aryingwidth and are preferably pointed and of reduced width near their union with the annulus. The other part of the socket member comprises'an uncapped or i capped annulus havin an aperture to receive the preferably pointe ends of said resilient pointe ends, so as to engage the edge of an arms, and a substantially half-round portion formm an anvil for outwardly turning said overturned wall located at about the center.

. of the half-round portion,- all of which are 30 hereinafter more particularly described. In the drawings,Figures 1 and 2 re resent vertical sections of detached parts, il ustrat-.

ing modified forms of my invention. Fig. 3 1s a vertical section of the-parts, Fi 1, ascon nected to intervening material. ig. 4-i's a vertical section of the parts, Fig. 2, as connected to intervening material; and 5 is 'an illustration of the application of the con- 40 I I g A "of circularly-disposed resilient arms or A turned upon the periph ery ofthe nected parts, Fig. 4, to a Suspender-end. f

a represents an annulus formed with a series tions' b at approximatel right angles'to'th'e lane of the annulus. n Fig. 1' the annulus 1s a double or overturned rim or flange. In'Fig.

2 the annulus is a s' le rimorflange stifiened by a collet a, the periphery of which is overannulus. The series of, circularly-disposed resilient arms or sections 1) are preferably pointed at their free ends, between which notches b are formed, and they may to advantage be reduced in thickness, and these parts constitute the resilient socket part.' Y These arms or sec tions areof varying width and are rovided with reduced parts 2, which je'ome etween the annulus and the parts of greatest width."

' Specification of Letters Patent. I Application minus 10. mos. Serial No. 141.097.

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'bow inward in connecting this portion of the plete the socket member, and the width ,of the arms is regulated by the o enin sbetween the same, which are made of 'bera area..

This relation and conditipn'are described in the last few lines of the s ecification.

1n the simpler form of t e invention, Figs. 2 and 4, theannulus die the rolled-over into al part,-b'etween which is an aperture 3,

apted'to receive the free pointed ends. of

,UNITED'srATEsPATnNr 1 li These parts 2 are the parts which bend or socket member to the rim portion to comthe arms or sections b, with a part 4 of half- ,roundsection forming an anvil around which the free pointed ends of the arms or sections b are bent when the part's,are brought together under pressure. 5 is the edge of the overturned wall around which the free ends of the arms or sections b are bent by said halfround ortion or anvil and against which the pointe ends bear when the parts are brought into the relation Fi 4; In Figs. 2 and 4 the annulus c is an integral structure and is so formed as to produce. the

a erture 3, the half-round portion 4, and the e go 5. InFigs. 1 and 3 the annulus 0 comprises the parts 6, 7, and 8, the parts 6 and 7 i being held in a connected relation by the over turned edge of the part or cap 8, which extends across the open center of the annulus and in the socketpart produces a finished alp- 'pearance,'it being possible-toiornamen part 8 in any desired' outer surface-of this cap manner. --The part 6 is provided with a double bend, and in this the half-round portion or anvil 4 is roduced. The edge5 of the overturned we is the inner edge of the convex portion .7, and

arts 6 and 7, and-w en the parts shown in '1 are connected, as shown in Fig. 3, the free; ointedends .of the arms or sections b the, aperture 3 is pro-. 'duced-between the opposing surfaces of the pass mto the aperture 3, between the parts 6 7 and 7, and are turned against the round portion or anvil 4 of the mo against the'edge of the wall 5 produce in thepart 7, all of said f 'd sus nder-end adapted to be rer 0 smpe from the ed th arts "."a entering r d: of tile 6 p uslzfil id the neck of the stud d by the reduced per.-

.parts being held to ether by the overturned 4 serve-to illustrate the;

fact that when the separable parts shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are forced into connection 7 the reduced arts 2 of the resilient arms or sections ben or bow'inward, forming the major resilient portlons of the socket memher, which must yield with the entrance into the socket member of the stud member in connecting the parts of the separable fastener.

I claim as my invention' 1. In the socket member of fastener, a resilient socket; part comprising a flanged portion and a series .of integral circu 5 larl -d'isposed resilient arms formed substan tial y at right angles to the said flangedportion, and between which arms adjacent to the flange are formed enings of liberal area materially reducing the width of the arms and weakening the same, thus causing them to yield reaoily under pressure.

-.2. In the socket member of a separable fastener, a resilient socket part comprising a continuous flange and a series of integral circularly-disposed resilient arms or sections formed at substantially right angles to the said flange and of a length adapted to pass through the niaterial of a glove or the ike, and saidarms having reduced portions adjay, cent to the said flange, in combination with means forconnecting and holding the said part to the said material.

- 3. In the socket member of a separable fastener, a resilient socket part comprising an integral double flange and a series of integral circularly-disposed resilient arms or sections of a len th adapted to pass throu h the material 0? a glove or garment and Ixaving reduced portions between the flange and the free end o'fsaid socket art, in combination with an anvil device inclhding a cappedpart coming at the opposite side of the material from said flange and adapted to engage and hold the free ends of said arms.

4. In the socket member of a separable fastener, a resilient socket part comprising a continuous flange and a series of integral circularly-disposed resilient arms or sections of a liangth adapted to pass through the mater1a o portions between the flange and the free ends sections to be bent inward at said reduced ortionsby the pressure employed inconnectmg the socket member to the material, in combination with an anvil device-"coming .at the opposite side-of the rnaterial from said a separable.

a glove or garment and having reduced arms are of a length adapted to flange and to which the said resilient arms are connected.

v6. A resilient socket member of a separable fastener, comprising an annulus or rim, a series of integral circularly-disposed resilient arms or sections arranged approximately at right angles to the annulus or rim and having their free ends pointed and having reduced portions between the annulus and the portions of greatest width, and an annulus structure having an aperture, a half-round portion or anvil and the edge of the overturned wall coming at the center of the half-round portion and adapted to receive the free ends of the resilient arms or sections when the parts are connected.

7. In the socket member of a separable fastener, a resilient part, comprising a continuous integral flange, and a series of integral circularly-disposed arms or sections formed at substantially right angles to the said flange and within the boundary of the flange, which arms pass through intervening material and are provided with appreciablyreduced portions near the said flange and between the same and the free ends thereof, in combination with means coming at the opposite side of the material from the said flange, and adapted to engage and hold the free ends of the said arms.

8. A resilient socket member of a separable fastener, comprising an annulus or rim, a' series of integral circularly-disposed resilient arms or sections at approximately right angles to the said annu us or rim having polnted endsand reduced portions near their bases, and a coacting annulus structure comosed of the compound curved part 6, the overying convex part 7 and the cap 8 overturned at its periphery around the edges of said parts (Sand 7 to engage and gri the same, there being an aperture 3, a hal '-round portion or anvll 4 and an edge 5 at about the center of said half-round ortion between said parts to receive the pointed free ends of the seriesof arms or sections and overturn the same in connecting the parts of the socket member. 9. In the socket member of a separable fastener, a resilient socket part comprising a flange folded over upon itself and so doub ed and stifiened, and a series of integral circularly-disposed resilient arms or sections within the boundary of the flange, and which ass through the material of a glove or the like and are provided with reduced portions adjacent to the said flange, in combination withmeansfor JAMES- V. WASHBURNE. Witnesses GEO. T. PINCKNEY, S. T. 'HAVILAND.

connecting and holding the said part to the 

